Chain
Of heartbeats
Chain of heartbeats
Drums thundering through the night
Fat mice
Quick-legged spiders
Hurrying to escape the shadows out of sight
Chain of iron balls worn down with time
Losing every sound
Losing every chime
Gambling day and night
As if they were cards
Painted red ace black ace
Yet they don't play a winning part
A procession of oppressed people
Walking silently one by one
Captured by this card with nowhere to run
On that night
Their heartbeats will be heard
In a sound without light
On that night
The iron balls tied to their feet
Will be worn down
Weighing on their defeat
Chains that clink
Through the night they link
Mice scurry and hide
In shadows they confide
Spiders weave their thread
Over whispers of the dead
Cards fall in line
Aces lost in time
Hearts beat in chains
Reverberations of their pains
Night echoes with iron's sound
Heavy chains weigh their hearts down
Heavy chains weigh their hearts down
Freedom's fleeting light
Captured in the night
Heavy chains weigh their hearts down
Freedom's fleeting light
Captured in the night
Footsteps in the dark
Footsteps in the dark
Footsteps in the dark
Leave a heavy mark
Hope's faintest spark fades
Fades
Fades